by Clarissa | Sep 13, 2016 | dutch life
Albert Heijn (the local supermarket – a bit like Sainsburys back in the UK) gave out moestuintjes earlier in the year. For each fifteen euros you spent you got a little pot with seeds in – a random one from twenty-four different types of plant in a...
by Clarissa | Feb 2, 2015 | dutch life, family
When we first moved we found the closest supermarket (or three!) to our house so we could buy food. And we learnt where things were in it and the Dutch for the foods we eat often. Then as other things run out I’ve had the challenge of finding them (eg soy sauce...
by Clarissa | Nov 16, 2014 | dutch life
If you’d asked me before we moved I would have said the UK was a child-friendly place. But it’s nothing compared to what I’ve experienced here! For example, shopping. Taking a small child shopping is often fraught with cries, whines, complaints,...
